Use Variant Routing Rule Maintenance to define selection and assignment rules for operations in the generic routing.

If no selection rule has been defined for an operation in the generic routing, the variant product structure always includes the operation.

Variant Routing Rule Maintenance

To select an operation of a generic routing:

1 Specify a configurable item number in the Configurable Item field. The item’s description displays next to the configurable item number. The routing table below lists all the operations in the item’s generic routing.

If an operation already has selection and assignment rules defined, they display in the Selection Rule and Assignment Rule columns respectively in the generic routing table.

1 Type the rule in the Selection Rule box. Use the Rule Assistant to assist you in the process. See Using the Rule Assistant.

2 Click Check Syntax to validate the rule syntax. If syntax check is successful, Status changes from Not Run to Passed. If syntax errors are found, error messages display and Status changes from Not Run to Failed.

3 Click Save to save the rule. On saving the rule, the system performs a syntax check on the rule. If syntax errors are found, error messages display.

Defining Assignment Rules

Define assignment rules under the Assignment Rule tab. You can define multiple assignment rules for an operation.

Assignment Rule List

To create an assignment rule:

1 Click the New button on the toolbar above the assignment rule list. The Assignment Rule Maintenance window displays.

Assignment Rule Maintenance

2 Specify a field to which to apply the assignment rule from the Field list, which contains all the fields in the routing detail table (ro_det) in QAD EA.

5 Click OK to save the rule and close the window; click OK and Create to save the rule and create another rule. On saving the rule, the system performs a syntax check on the rule. If syntax errors are found, error messages display.

To view or edit an existing rule:

Double-click the assignment rule in the assignment rule list or select it and click the Modify button on the toolbar.

To delete an existing assignment rule:

Select the assignment rule in the assignment rule list and click the Delete button on the toolbar.